/*
 * Copyright (C) 2004 Timo Westkämper This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
 * terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
 * License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FIT- NESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See
 * the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
 * 02111-1307, USA.
 */

package net.sf.javadc.interfaces;

import net.sf.javadc.listeners.ConnectionListener;
import net.sf.javadc.net.client.Client;

/**
 * <CODE>IConnectionFactory</CODE> is the abstract interface for the Factory Method implementation
 * <CODE>ConnectionFactory</CODE> which creates preconfigured Client <CODE>Connection</CODE> instances
 * 
 * @author Timo Westk�mper
 */
public interface IConnectionFactory
    extends
        IObject
{
    /**
     * Create a Client Connection with the given parameters
     * 
     * @param client Client to be used
     * @param listener ConnectionListener to be used
     * @param isServer true, if Connection is active and fase, if not
     * @return
     */
    public IConnection createClientConnection(
        Client client,
        ConnectionListener listener,
        boolean isServer );

}